Often referred to as the bard of avon, shakespeares vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays. Cymbeline is one of shakespeare s late romances, which like the tempest and the winters tale combines comedy and tragedy. Valerie wayne takes a transformative look at the plays critical and. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, a. Cymbeline by william shakespeare cymbeline is a comedy written by english playwright william shakespeare, who is widely considered to be the greatest writer of the english language. Although mainly concerned with the rich classical and christian iconography of cymbeline, the book also rages widely over shakespeares dramatic and nondramatic works and beyond to the work of his contemporaries in renaissance poetry, drama, art, theology, philosophy, emblems, and myths to show parallels between the mysteries of this. Shakespeares late romance is full of unpredictable conjunctions that are explored in the comprehensive introduction to this new, fullyillustrated arden edition. The secret marriage of cymbeline s daughter, imogen, triggers much of the action, which includes villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross. Project gutenberg offers 61,832 free ebooks to download. Cymbeline isbn 9782117876082 pdf epub shakespeare william. The play was certainly produced as early as 1611 and was first published in 1623. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Cymbeline william shakespeare strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes.
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